Jeff, Mary, and Jeffrey Mark Adelmann — this is why Jeff stayed home this year.
Another shot of Jeffrey Mark. Good looking kid but we couldn't get him to lift a Duluth pack.
The trip up on the foggy North Shore of Lake Superior: a sunrise that looks like a sunset.
Tim relaxing in the Dan Van, which had zero flat tires this year!
Kay's Sport & Gift Shop, Upsala, Ontario; last place on the pavement. The place we buy fishing licenses, souvenir postcards, and whatever we forgot to pack.
The put-in on the Brightsand River. We're all looking for a place to launch canoes that's not knee-deep mud. There isn't one.
A tomato plant grew in the fire pit since we camped here last year!
The hanging of the food. If the bear's big enough to reach that, he can have it.
Ron is in awe of Tim's Wrist Rocket rope-launching technology.
The view from camp. Note the nice sand beach.
Randy changing out of his canoe-launching pants.
Chad & Dan bringing in Monday night walleye dinner.
"Do I kick ass or what?"
Me (Pat) fulfilling my mission, which is to sit around and drink beer.
[photo by Chad]
Dan, aka 'Hot Legs'.
[photo by Chad]
Tim, washing dishes.
[photo by Chad]
Ron, Randy, Dan and Chad, and some dinner.
[photo by Chad's camera]
Beauty, eh?
Yeah, walleyes are good to eat, but you gotta catch at least one monster!
Another shot of the gator. Notice me on the left, getting this next shot...
[photo by Chad's camera]
Arrrrrr!
OK, last picture of Chad's Northern. Sportsman that he is, Chad let him go, to get bigger.
Dan getting high on his duct-tape-repaired cigar.
Me, playing with the fire.
[photo by Chad]
Me and my cheap cigar.
[photo by Chad]
Dan, appreciating somebody's humor.
[photo by Chad]
Good Morning, Tim!
Dan, Ron & Randy admiring the tarp.
Good Morning, Chad! (You can go spit out that toothpaste now.)
Chef Ron prepares another gourmet breakfast.
Ron disembarking from the canoe after another successful walleye hunt.
Randy — after a little too long in the canoe seat. There's nothing funnier than somebody else's pain, is there?
Home Sweet Home.
Tim in butt-sittin', stogey-smokin' action.
Chad in butt-sittin', stogey-smokin', beer-drinkin', picture-takin' action.
Gotta have at least one episode of outboard motor repair. Guess which one of these guys is in management.
Real men paddle in. Older wiser men motor canoes in with plenty of beer. Pussies fly in.
[photo by Chad]
Chef Ron in action again preparing Thursday dinner.
Chef Chad & more of Thursday dinner.
Tim pumping a penis enlargement device, or maybe filtering water.
Chad presents the special libation he brought for us to share. I personally will drink this stuff every day after I win the lottery.
Chef Dan.
Ron enjoying the traditional after-dinner grease inferno.
The Cannon brothers smokin', drinkin', 'n' science-fiction-readin' ('Singularity Sky' by Charles Stross, which I highly recommend).
[photo by Chad]
Some kind of long-horned beetle. We think we saw his picture on a poster at the border, as an invasive species you're supposed to report. I tried to look it up on the Web, and learned that the number of beetle species is more than six times the number of all vertebrate species. The naturalist, J. B. S. Haldane, was asked by a cleric about what he might infer about the Creator, based on his wide ranging study of life. Haldane supposedly replied the the Creator had "an inordinate fondness for beetles". I love the Internet. So anyway, you Ministry of Natural Resources guys: There's one! On Randy's leg!
[photo by Chad]
Chad has a fine arts degree.
[photo by Chad]
Our camp seen from across the bay. Ron is flipping over the canoe to use it as a fish-cleaning table.
[photo by Chad]
Chad has a fine arts degree.
[photo by Chad]
Did I mention that Chad has a fine arts degree?
[photo by Chad]
Heading home Friday morning, way too soon.
updated 9/20/2005
